tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post1968119947178760536..comments2016-12-09T04:27:56.120+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Craniofacial study of the Jomon of JapanDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-67771994790326347652009-01-05T08:11:00.000+02:002009-01-05T08:11:00.000+02:00The Hokkaido Jomon, if I remember correctly, show ...The Hokkaido Jomon, if I remember correctly, show genetic and cranio affinities with present-day mainland Siberians. Yes, the Jomon were more diverse up there, hehe.renhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04377460204421275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-44567778378729417522009-01-05T01:07:00.000+02:002009-01-05T01:07:00.000+02:00I've copied this over from Afarensis' blog. I bel...I've copied this over from Afarensis' blog. I believe she has a very good point. <BR/><BR/>"Since the demented gerbil that runs VISTA won't allow me to comment on Dienekes' site, I thought I'd try it here. That study of Jomon craniofacial diversity suggests that since the greatest diversity is found around Hokkaido, the northernmost part of the Japanese archipelago, and the southwest has the least diversity, that the Jomon ancestors must have arrived first in the north and expanded toward Honshu Island in the south. My observation is that while this is usually the interpretation for continents, I think it makes less sense for islands. Here, I tend to think the pattern of migration may well have been from the south to begin with. Then with successive waves, each new group pushed the previous group(s) toward the north. In the end there were more different folks in the north because of that reason, not because they started off in Hokkaido. That's because back in the late Pleistocene, they could have come to Honshu island from the mainland by boat, where the climate was not too bad. But up in the north, where it was connected to the mainland, there was this nasty glacier covering up everything. At least, that's the way it looks on the maps I've seen. And I don't think the people back then were well adapted to living on ice sheets. That's the Gainer hypothesis anyway.<BR/><BR/>Posted by: DianaGainer | January 3, 2009 3:29 PM"terrythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-62126353508519444552009-01-01T18:33:00.000+02:002009-01-01T18:33:00.000+02:00Interesting study. Take a look at the Ainu Rebels...Interesting study. Take a look at the Ainu Rebels and you can see lots of features that look like Native Americans or even Europeans. Take a look at http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&amp;q=Ainu+Rebels&amp;btnG=Search+Images&amp;gbv=2Mark Royerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629451687418698311noreply@blogger.com